Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link
Volume 19, Number 5—May 2013
Dispatch

Campylobacter coli Outbreak in Men Who Have Sex with Men, Quebec, Canada, 2010–2011

Christiane GaudreauComments to Author , Melissa Helferty, Jean-Loup Sylvestre, Robert Allard, Pierre A. Pilon, Michel Poisson, and Sadjia Bekal
Author affiliations: Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal–Hôpital Saint-Luc, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (C. Gaudreau); Université de Montréal, Montreal (C. Caudreau, M. Poisson, P.A. Pilon); Agence de la Santé et des Services Sociaux–Santé Publique de Montréal, Montreal (M. Helferty, J.-L. Sylvestre, R. Allard, P.A. Pilon); McGill University, Montreal (R. Allard); Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal–Hôtel-Dieu, Montreal (M. Poisson); Laboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec/Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada (S. Bekal); Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (M. Helferty)

Main Article

Table 1

Statistically significant differences between case-patients with outbreak-related Campylobacter coli pulsovar 1 (n = 10) and nonoutbreak C. coli (n = 30) infections, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2010–2011*

Characteristic
No. outbreak case-patients
No. nonoutbreak case-patients
OR (95% CI)
p value
Male sex, n = 40 10/10 17/30 16.20 (1.88–139.00) 0.010
Age 20– 59 y, n = 40 10/10 17/30 16.20 (1.88–139.00) 0.010
Had sexual relations within the incubation period, n = 23 6/6 7/17 18.20 (1.87–177.00) 0.017
MSM, n = 17 9/10 0/7 95.00 (8.29–1,089.00) 0.0001
HIV positive, n = 15 8/9 0/6 73.67 (6.09–891.00) 0.001

*OR, odds ratio; MSM, men who have sex with men.

Main Article

Page created: April 16, 2013
Page updated: April 16, 2013
Page reviewed: April 16, 2013
The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.
file_external